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VOCABULARY:
 grow up: [phrasal verb] to develop into an adult.

Example: The children have all grown up and left home now.

 appliances: [noun] a machine which is designed to do a particular job in the home,
such as cleaning or preparing food.

Example: The store sells a range of household appliances, including microwave
ovens and washing machines.

 baking: [noun] the process of cooking something in the oven using dry heat.

Example: My mother loves baking – she makes bread and cakes every week in her
oven.

 free-standing: [adjective] not a part of or attached to something else.

Example: The cupboard was free-standing, so it was easy to move it away from
the wall.

 self-cleaning: [adjective] able to be cleaned without a person having to clean it.

Example: Her new oven was self-cleaning; when it was dirty it cleaned itself
automatically.

 facility: [noun] a special feature of a machine that enables it to do something extra.
Example: My computer has a facility for checking spelling.

27. Some paid work (or, a paid job) that you or a friend enjoyed doing.
You should say:

what the work was
where you did this work
who you worked with
and explain why you or your friend enjoyed doing this work.

SAMPLE ANSWER:

- I remembered working as an IT helpdesk assistant while I was in college and I
really enjoyed doing it.

- Although I was a business major at that time, I still applied for a position at the IT

helpdesk because it was the best- paid job on campus. As an IT assistant, I helped